. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . From Biological Siir\e.\, L)fi)t. ot Fig. 237. AUDUBUX CARACARA FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, P:TC. 171 pure wliite witli Uiw ni;irkiii< to deep ciiiniDnon Ijiiff, more oi It-ss sprin-kled or blotched with darker Ijrowii. Food. — Mainly f^rasshopjjers and crickets; also other insects, snails,small injurious niannnals, and sometimes birds. The habits of the castci-ii sparrow hawk arc the same as those ofthe western. 360a. F. s. deserticola Mmms.
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . From Biological Siir\e.\, L)fi)t. ot Fig. 237. AUDUBUX CARACARA FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, P:TC. 171 pure wliite witli Uiw ni;irkiii< to deep ciiiniDnon Ijiiff, more oi It-ss sprin-kled or blotched with darker Ijrowii. Food. — Mainly f^rasshopjjers and crickets; also other insects, snails,small injurious niannnals, and sometimes birds. The habits of the castci-ii sparrow hawk arc the same as those ofthe western. 360a. F. s. deserticola Mmms. Dksekt Spakhow Hawk. Similar to F. sparvf-rius but larg-er, with relatively longer tail and paler,more rufous coloration. iJistribiition. — Western United States and British Columbia ; south toGuatemala. Food. — Small mammals such as mice and g-ophers. with other insects. The marsh hawk and the sparrow hawk are the two most familiarmembers of tiie hawk family. Instead of six^nding their time soaringhigh in the sky or darting back ami forth through the treetops,Circus beats slowly low^ over our meadows for mice, while the .spar-row hawk builds his nest in a knot-hole o
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